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La OEA pide la firma inmediata del Acuerdo de San José y respalda gestiones del Secretario General para facilitar el diálogo en Honduras El Consejo Permanente de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) aprobó hoy una Declaración en la que “exhorta la firma inmediata del Acuerdo de San José”, …

El Cuadragésimo Periodo Ordinario de Sesiones de la Asamblea General de la OEA se realizará en Lima, Perú El Consejo Permanente de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) aprobó hoy por aclamación la Resolución en la que se establece que el Cuadragésimo Periodo Ordinario de Sesiones de la Asamblea …

DECLARACIÓN DEL SECRETARIO GENERAL DE LA OEA SOBRE LA PRÓXIMA VISITA DE LA COMISIÓN DE CANCILLERES A HONDURAS El Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA), José Miguel Insulza, declaró hoy que “la misión que visitará Honduras en los próximos días tiene por objeto buscar, a través …

ICC Launches Online Library on International Criminal Law The International Criminal Court has recently launched a new version of its Legal Tools site. The site contains an invaluable online library on international criminal law which will probably be  the first port of call for those working in this field. According …

ICTY Trial Chamber decides Milutinovic et al Today a Trial Chamber of the ICTY delivered its judgment in Milutinovic et al, a case against a number of high-ranking political, military and police officials of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia regarding crimes committed by FRY/Serbian forces in Kosovo in …

UN General Assembly Adopts the Optional Protocol to ICESCR On 10 December the UN General Assembly at its plenary meeting unanimously adopted an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The Protocol is undoubtedly a milestone in the history of the universal human rights system. …

An International Environmental Law Court? It is well-known that the issue of enforcement remains the Achilles heel of international law in general and international environmental law in particular. Given the rate with which natural resources are depleted and the number of species facing extinction is increasing the issue of enforcement …

Election of judges to the International Court of Justice Last week, the General Assembly and the Security Council elected five new members of the International Court of Justice (see press release). The elected judges are: Judge Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan) and Ronny Abraham (France) who were both re-elected. Messrs. Antônio …

Annual report of the ICJ and ICC On October 30, the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Rosalyn Higgins, and the President of the International Criminal Court, Judge Philippe Kirsch, addressed the United Nations General Assembly and presented the annual report for their respective courts. Judge Higgins was …

Press Release 2008/34 NEW Request for an advisory opinion by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/63/3) – The General Assembly of the United Nations requests an advisory opinion from the Court on the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo (71 Kb)Read more … [via International Court of Justice, The Hague, …

ICJ to Give Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Kosovo`s Independence Yesterday, the UN General Assembly by 77 votes in favor, 6 votes against and 74 Member States abstaining backed Serbia’s proposal to submit the question of the legality of Kosovo’s independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).  According …

EL VATICANO OTORGÓ EL PLÁCET A JUAN PABLO CAFIERO PARA SER EMBAJADOR ANTE LA SANTA SEDE La Cancillería argentina informa que este mediodía el Nuncio Apostólico en la Argentina, Adriano Bernardini, le comunicó oficialmente al Secretario de Culto de la Nación, Guillermo Oliveri, que el Vaticano otorgó el plácet de …